Following a European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling last week which said that Hungary was illegally holding asylum seekers in camps on its border with Serbia, the country...
Tag - Human Rights
Details of a Chinese-backed railway link between Budapest and Belgrade, one of the biggest international infrastructure projects in the emerging Europe region for many...
As the coronavirus pandemic continues, most governments in emerging Europe have adopted some form of lockdowns, with only a couple of countries, notably Czechia and...
The 2020 World Press Freedom Index, compiled by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), shows that the coming decade will be decisive for the future of journalism, with the...
People’s rights are being violated by governments in Europe and Central Asia, who are cracking down on protests and seeking to erode the independence of the judiciary to...
Azerbaijani authorities are abusing restrictions imposed to slow the spread of Covid-19 to arrest opposition activists and silence government critics, Human Rights Watch...
One of the first acts of Hungary’s government following last week’s power grab that saw Prime Minister Viktor Orbán handed wide and far-reaching powers with...
It’s not an exaggeration to say that Belgrade is a very artsy city. Museums and galleries dot the map, all constantly displaying art new and old. So, when a friend told...
While civic activism was critical to both the 2014 Maidan Revolution in Ukraine and the 2018 Velvet Revolution in Armenia, a question remains as to whether or not civil...
The European Parliament has urged the European Commission to condemn all public acts of discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI)...
Twelve Georgian non-governmental and human rights organisations have called on the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (CoE), Dunja Mijatović, the CoE...
The United Nations has expressed deep concern over how migration and migrants themselves are being politicised and scapegoated in Hungary. “Migrants are portrayed as...
Bosnia and Herzegovina needs to explore all avenues to getting the country back on track, including the adoption of key reforms. This was the conclusion of the...